Guilt surged through him, sharp and cold, cruel and unrelenting, crushing him, suffocating him, almost drowning him.His mother... Ella... and now this maid... they all suffered because of him... because of his weakness... and because of his failure.

His fists tightened, his body shaking with rage, his aura flaring with power, with pain, with fury...

“Who did this?” His voice was low, dangerous, his eyes burning, his wolf growling within him. “Who killed her?”

The guard beside him ...